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  • Hillary Clinton Plans to Visit Pakistan

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton does plan to visit Pakistan and the two sides are engaged to lay the groundwork for the visit, U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Monday. “The secretary does plan to visit Pakistan in order to have an in-depth strategic discussion about our cooperation and to convey the […]

    Picture-perfect liftoff for Endeavour

    NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour had a picture-perfect liftoff on Monday from Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre on the next-to-last flight of the shuttle era before heading to retirement at a Los Angeles museum. Endeavour roared off the launch pad at 8:56 a.m. ET carrying a six-member crew to the International Space Station (ISS). Endeavour is the […]

    Gilani visits China as Pak faces international scrutiny

    Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is expected to seek stronger support from ‘all weather friend’ China as he visits the country at a time when Islamabad is working to tide over the crisis following the killing of Osama bin Laden on its soil. Gilani’s visit is being billed as the most significant by a […]

    Saudi diplomat shot dead in Pakistan

    A Saudi Arabian diplomat was shot and killed by unidentified attackers in Karachi on Monday, just five days after explosives devices were lobbed at the Saudi consulate in the southern Pakistani port city. The Saudi diplomat, identified in media reports as Hasan M M Al-Kahtani, was attacked by four gunmen riding two motorcycles while he […]

    Maid picks out Strauss-Kahn of police line up

    The maid who has accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, of sexually assaulting her in his luxury hotel room picked the Frenchman out of a lineup. Strauss-Kahn was picked out of a police line up by the chambermaid on Sunday night, according to media reports. Strauss-Kahn, a likely candidate for 2012 […]

    French Politicians Urge Prudence over Sex Probe on IMF Chief

    French political figures from both the right and left wings have called for prudence over a sex probe into Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK), a survey-favored candidate for 2012 presidential elections in France. Meanwhile, they expressed caution over Strauss-Khan’s prospect in France’s presidential elections after he was arrested in New York City on Saturday, reportedly on charges […]

    World’s largest Buddhist publications, information centre inaugurated in Lanka

    To mark the 2600th anniversary of the Enlightenment of Lord Buddha , Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday declared the year commencing from the Buddha Jayanti day or the Vesak Full Moon Poya Day, as the Sri Sambuddhatva Jayanthi commemoration year. The world’s largest Buddhist publications and information centre was also inaugurated by the […]

    Pak militants destroy 19 NATO tankers

    In Pakistan, militants have destroyed 19 tankers carrying fuel to US led forces in neighbouring Afghanistan. Officials say a bomb ripped through a tanker in the town of Landi Kotal in the Khyer region and fire engulfed several other vehicles. No casualties have been reported so far.

    IMF chief arrested; charged over attempted rape, sex assault

    IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a likely candidate for French President in 2012, was arrested on Sunday and charged with attempted rape and sexual assault on a hotel maid in New York, after being pulled out from a Paris-bound airplane, minutes before it was to take off. 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the Washington-based International Monetary Fund since […]

    Post-Osama, US admn divided on ties with Pak: Report

    Two weeks after Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, the US government is divided over the future of its ties with Pakistan, with some officials advocating “strong reprisals” if Islamabad refuses to cooperate in the war on terror, a media report said today. “You can’t continue business as usual,” the Washington Post reported quoting […]